Cleavage of preflagellins by an aspartic acid signal peptidase is essential for flagellation in the archaeon Methanococcus voltae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1339-1347

  Bardy, Sonia L ^a   Jarrell, Ken F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; PROTEIN FLAK; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ASPARTIC ACID; CELL MEMBRANE; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE;

EID: 0345257806     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03758.x     Document Type: Article

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